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Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme dans un fauteuil
Details
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Femme dans un fauteuil
signed and dated 'Picasso 5 mai 46' (upper left); dated again '5 mai 46' (on the reverse)
oil and charcoal on canvas
21 5⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (55.3 x 46.2 cm.)
Painted on 5 May 1946
Femme dans un fauteuil
signed and dated 'Picasso 5 mai 46' (upper left); dated again '5 mai 46' (on the reverse)
oil and charcoal on canvas
21 5⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (55.3 x 46.2 cm.)
Painted on 5 May 1946
Provenance
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist, circa 1947).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., New York, 29 November 1967, lot 88.
Acquired by the late owners, July 1973.
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., New York, 29 November 1967, lot 88.
Acquired by the late owners, July 1973.
Literature
H. and S. Janis, Picasso: The Recent Years, 1939-1946, New York, 1946 (illustrated, pl. 124).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1963, vol. 14, no. 160 (illustrated, pl. 69).
G. Regnier, ed., Picasso: Une nouvelle dation, exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1990, p. 168 (illustrated).
M. Miller, ed., Pablo Picasso: Die Zeit mit Françoise Gilot, exh. cat., Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, 2002, p. 38 (illustrated, fig. 1).
H. Nahmad, ed., Picasso dans la Collection Nahmad, exh. cat., Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2013, p. 151 (illustrated, fig. 9).
C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1963, vol. 14, no. 160 (illustrated, pl. 69).
G. Regnier, ed., Picasso: Une nouvelle dation, exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1990, p. 168 (illustrated).
M. Miller, ed., Pablo Picasso: Die Zeit mit Françoise Gilot, exh. cat., Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, 2002, p. 38 (illustrated, fig. 1).
H. Nahmad, ed., Picasso dans la Collection Nahmad, exh. cat., Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2013, p. 151 (illustrated, fig. 9).
Exhibited
New York, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, The First Post-War Showing in America of Recent Paintings by Picasso, January-February 1947 (titled Femme assise).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., Paris-Londres: A Collection of Pictures, April 1959, no. 13.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Picasso: Face and Figures, November 1996-January 1997, pp. 13 and 40 (illustrated in color, p. 13).
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., Paris-Londres: A Collection of Pictures, April 1959, no. 13.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Picasso: Face and Figures, November 1996-January 1997, pp. 13 and 40 (illustrated in color, p. 13).
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